reddbridge's Gallery : Womanhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/g/reddbridge/tags/Woman/default.aspxTags: WomanenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)Quilts DO matter! (sorry for long story but worth it!)http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/584875.aspxSun, 27 Oct 2013 03:25:19 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:584875Giddy7<p>Recently the Vietnam Traveling Wall was displayed at my American Legion. &nbsp;20+ years ago (young and dumb!) My husband was stationed at Camp David and I traveled to Washington DC fairly often and could not bring myself all the way to that monument. &nbsp;I&#39;m very emotional (bi-polar) and sappy which is why I so dearly love and value Quilts of Valor for many reasons. &nbsp;I could never endure the pain that our lost soldiers family must endure. I&#39;m not strong enough to do what other quilters do for our fallen and their families. &nbsp;With Quilts of Valor it gives me purpose and healing and gives honor and thanks to our returning soldiers past and present who often go unappreciated. </p>
<p>&nbsp;I had a Vietnam veteran who&#39;s a dear friend of mine meet me up there to &#39;Walk the Wall&#39;... I&quot;m a night owl so I knew there probably were only the guards out that late and I wouldn&#39;t be worried about walking slow with my cane, or crying, or bothering any others... . &nbsp;My friend was visiting with two of the local volunteers who pulled the long night hours guarding the wall. And the gentleman and his wife were carrying on about how beautiful the quilt was that cover&#39;s the ceiling of the Serving Project Bus that was on site also (photo in my gallery under &quot;big bertha&#39;). &nbsp;My friend pointed to me as I walked up and said &quot;she is the one who made that quilt&quot; and I knew he was talking about Big Bertha. Well the two of them jumped up with open arms, tears in their eyes and big smiles, and wonderful hugs and kind words over &#39;just a quilt&#39;... &nbsp; We must have talked for 30 minutes or so and after hearing this volunteer&#39;s story I couldn&#39;t NOT give him the one and only QOV I grabbed on the way out the door that night.... He retired from the military having served from 56-80 I believe. &nbsp;He was taken prisoner of war in 1957 and released 2 1/2 years later weighing only 80lbs. &nbsp;His dear friend that was captured and released with him died in his very arms shortly after their release. His dear friends name is upon that great wall and honors his lost soldier which makes it very dear to this man and his wife. &nbsp;I looked at my friend and he looked at me with a smirk because he knew there was no way I could have NOT brought &#39;one&#39; with me LOL So I hobbled back to my truck and grabbed the one QOV I had with me and walked back over to where they were stationed at the end of the display. &nbsp;When I walked up I heard him saying how much he&#39;d sure love to have a quilt like those on the bus and what an honor it must be to receive one. &nbsp;After I explained why I do QOVs and how honored it made ME to be able to tell veteran&#39;s like him &#39;thank you and welcome home&#39; He and I both were bawling our eyes out embraced in a hug with the QOV between us ! So he and his wife of 44 years, and my dear friend helped me walk that wall finally and almost in the middle is where we are standing. &nbsp;About 1/4 of the way down in between me and this veteran is the name of his fallen friend. &nbsp;We shared alot of laughs, tears, stories, exchanged information and I have no doubt I will see that wonderful couple again. &nbsp;QUILTS DO MATTER!!</p>
<p>The quilt was made by one of my fellow Ladies Aux members in &quot;Under Our Wings&quot; project I hosted over the summer. &nbsp;It&#39;s a Nickel Quilt pattern from the first Nickel Quilt books (I think the first) made from scraps that I&#39;ve saved over the last 3 years and stacked into 5&#39; squares of red, white, and blue.</p>Quilts of Valor made the newshttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/552990.aspxWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:26:08 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:552990Giddy4<p>ANDDDDD we made the front page news and page three :D and will be highlighted again next month when I present a multiple Purple Heart Vietnam Veteran and and Army Vietnam Vet their QOVs at our VFW meeting!! &nbsp;</p>
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<p>Here is the link to the News article. &nbsp;She did an outstanding job at presenting what the program is about and couldn&#39;t have explained ME better! I was worried! LOL</p>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>Pink block swapshttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/512390.aspxWed, 27 Feb 2013 08:26:21 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:512390Giddy4<p>made these with the outlaw quilters</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>Modern Baby Quilthttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/499169.aspxMon, 28 Jan 2013 12:08:31 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:499169Giddy3<p>Another for the Modern Giddy line. &nbsp;It&#39;s very simple but it feels so vintage with the stitching!</p>Teen jelly rollhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/486261.aspxWed, 02 Jan 2013 05:22:19 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:486261Giddy1<p>This is how my youngest son wanted his quilt done. &nbsp;His favorite colors and the &#39;hatchet man&#39;. &nbsp;A logo for one of the bands he likes. &nbsp;I love the way it&#39;s looking!</p>baby girl wholecloth monogramhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/486228.aspxWed, 02 Jan 2013 04:19:48 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:486228Giddy2<p>This is a friend of mine&#39;s first grand baby and it&#39;s a girl! &nbsp;Her name starts with B. &nbsp;Momma dropped this week!</p>QOV presented at District Convention http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/440763.aspxMon, 15 Oct 2012 15:30:05 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:440763Giddy6<p>This is my American Legion District Commander Lee Laws, I gave him a Quilt of Valor at our recent convention and everyone got to sign it that was there!</p>Kenworth Truckhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/414833.aspxSun, 26 Aug 2012 04:54:57 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:414833Giddy4<p>My friend is a truck driver and his truck &#39;Biscut&#39; had to have her own quilt! lol and he adores it!</p>Mr. Blackshear's 80th birthday surprise! Quilt of Valorhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/413482.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2012 08:30:06 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:413482Giddy4<p>Gary and Sharon Blackshear are very dear friends of mine and it was such a treat to give Gary&#39;s dad his Quilt of Valor. &nbsp;Gary said it was only the second time he&#39;d ever seen his dad cry! &nbsp; Here&#39;s a quick video clip of it if you&#39;d like to see it....<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeIfYOet6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeIfYOet6U</a>&nbsp;it&#39;s only about a minute long. &nbsp;and YES that man is 80!!! lol and he still fly&#39;s his own plane, does pilates, and plays tennis twice a week! I don&#39;t know how he does it! &nbsp;</p>Operaton Valor Quilt of Valor #3http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/413480.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2012 08:17:11 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:413480Giddy1<p>And here&#39;s a disappearing 9 patch that I did with some students with the Under Our Wings program. &nbsp;I love this pattern. &nbsp;I don&#39;t think I&#39;ll ever get tired of using it!&nbsp;</p>Operatoin Valor Quilt of Valor #2http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/413478.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2012 08:06:28 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:413478Giddy0<p>Sorry for the sloppy pics. &nbsp;Have been using my phone since my camera died on me and I can&#39;t get the dang thing to take a decent picture unless it&#39;s when I don&#39;t have make up on or something! LOL, but this is the 2nd QOV from the weekly block challenges. &nbsp;They were smaller than the others so that&#39;s why I grouped them together instead of a sampler but I just love how they turned out!. &nbsp;All three that I&#39;ve posted will be finished by QOVSB (Tina Reed, KS) and displayed in the upcoming exhibit in KS at a museum special from Sept. thru November and then presented to warriors.</p>Operaton Valor Quilt of Valorhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/413475.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2012 07:54:22 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:413475Giddy0<p>I&#39;ve finally gotten some time to start putting together some of the blocks I&#39;ve received from the weekly block challenges! I have received over 100 of them!!! if you&#39;re interested in participating in Operation Valor go to www.operationvalor.blogspot.com and together we can cover are warriors with warmth and love one block at a time ;)&nbsp;</p>Legendary Buffalo Chip, Sturgis 30th Anniversary - backside quilting detailhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/413472.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2012 07:41:32 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:413472Giddy4<p>I don&#39;t mind showing how imperfect my quilting is because I know that every time I practice I might get just a tad better every time. &nbsp;I will never be a show quilter by any means. &nbsp;(I&quot;m bipolar NOT OCD! LOL ) &nbsp;I admire those quilters with the artistic talent and patience it takes to do what they do! They ARE the ones who inspire me to at least try!</p>The Legendary Buffalo Chip, Sturgis - 30th Anniversaryhttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/413469.aspxTue, 21 Aug 2012 07:16:45 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:413469Giddy1<p>I was asked to make this quilt for the Buffalo Chip for their Anniversary. &nbsp;I didn&#39;t get any really good pictures of it because I was behind schedule :( but it was the first time I did any kind of thread work with metallic thread :| ... I was NOT a happy camper but it turned out better than I thought it would. &nbsp;The center skull is about 7 different shades of metallic and rayon thread. &nbsp;</p>Challenge Quilt for HMQShttp://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/media/p/368249.aspxMon, 30 Apr 2012 15:45:52 GMT722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:368249Giddy7<p>my koi fish pond - shadow trapunto - second attempt at trapunto</p>